~ Reflections on Life From a Bronx Baby Boomer Living in the Heartland

I took the PACKAGE !

When I saw the announcement, that the company was offering an early retirement package, I said, Thank You God ! Out loud ~ sincerely, like OMG, I’m saved – meaning it like you mean it when you get an unexpected tax refund check EARLY.

Now I only want my greatest worry to be, how to prevent bedsores, rocking chair sores, and bar stool sores. I’m thinking of buying a donut pillow.

I don’t know how long “now” will last, but I’m going to try to do “nothing all day long, then rest afterwards” for at least 30 days.

I was born, raised, and lived my first 25 years in NYC - da’ Bronx. Over the next 25, I lived in 3 or 4 states, raised my family, and after a long marriage, suddenly became a divorced empty nester in the Heartland.

Having always had an opinion, (w/a New York attitude), and being vocal about it, and with a love of reading and writing, I had a weekend newspaper column in the Midwest, writing about life – its little annoyances and its joys - as seen through the perspective of both a New Yorker and a Midwesterner.

When the newspaper changed editors, I went out with the bathwater, so as a 2008 New Year’s resolution, I decided to blog and began in June 2008.